Monday 04/30/2007 11:25:04pm

Name:

Mark Nelson

E-Mail:

swabbie41@yahoo.com

Location:

Gainesville, FL

Comments:

Served aboard the Midway from '86 to '89. CO's were Capt's. Mixon and then Wilson. I was in OPS/OE-10, the CCA Group. I worked with Ron Seeker, Ed Januska, Rick Veerhagen, Bennett Pafford and others. EMO's were CDR Webb and then LCDR Rodriques. Drop me a line if my name sounds familiar to you.

Monday 04/30/2007 3:48:36pm

Name:

David McCord

E-Mail:

dlmccordabecusnret@comcast.net

Location:

Comments:

I was onboard Midway twice. The first time on her last combat sortie. Got to see her launch a commode. We dropped everything else, so why not? The next time was the late 70's as Cat. Chief.

Sunday 04/29/2007 1:47:14am

Name:

AT2 Arlon "Tex" Austin

E-Mail:

mr_stinkfinger@yahoo.com

Location:

Podunk, Montana

Comments:

Stationed with the world famous VA-93 from 1983-85. Remember the shitty drunk nights on the honch in Yokosuka and those fan-fucking-tastic times we had in PI? Those were the days brothers... Granted we worked our asses off but I'd do it all over again... and so would you! The Midway was the only ship I ever knew that had a soul... the others were just hunks of steel.

Wednesday 04/25/2007 2:24:05pm

Name:

Erwin Pete Whalon

E-Mail:

24life@bowlingtech.com

Location:

Maine

Comments:

Hey, I was stationed on board from Oct 78 to Oct 80.

Saturday 04/21/2007 3:36:27pm

Name:

William Coble

E-Mail:

squidcv41@hotmail.com

Homepage URL:

http://www.myspace.com/williamcoble

Location:

Milton-Freewater, OR

Comments:

Hail and well met,
I love the site, have been here before, and will return occasionally.
I am seeking information, I have found that I can get a replacement for my shellback certificate here: http://www.usni.org/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=1448 and am in need of info, I need the Longitude that we crossed. Hopefully someone here can help. We crossed in August of 1985 on our way to Perth Australia. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all,
Bill

Wednesday 04/18/2007 9:08:29pm

Name:

Kyle Page

E-Mail:

pagemeister@gmail.com

Location:

Texas

Comments:

Some nice pictures of the old girl ... served on her from Jan 1989 to 1991. Pulled her into San Diego then jumped to another assignment. Sad to see the helm isn't the same... figured someone would walk off with the solid brass one with old-school handles. Look forward to seeing her again one of these days.

QM2 Kyle Page - Author of "Desert Steamed" for those of you who served with me during Desert Shield/Storm.

Wednesday 04/18/2007 7:48:33pm

Name:

Ray Sinclair

E-Mail:

rsinclair61@hotmail.com

Location:

Oklahoma

Comments:

I worked with the crew of this ship between 79 and 81 in Yokosuka, Japan. I was on embassy duty. Not a finer lot have I met since then. Former Marine, Ray Sinclair

Wednesday 04/18/2007 0:59:53am

Name:

Jesus V. Goytia

E-Mail:

jgoytia244@cs.com

Location:

Long Beach, CA

Comments:

I served on the Midway from 72 when we left Alameda for Yokosuka and I stayed until 74 when I got out. I been in many other sites trying to find old mates in Supply S-1 Division. Time spent on the Midway and in Japan and the visits we made to other ports Pusan, PI, Hong Kong.

Monday 04/16/2007 4:06:46am

Name:

Kurt Morin

E-Mail:

kurt@kpunet.net

Location:

Ketchikan, Alaska

Comments:

Took me hours to read through your whole web site, I had to stop several times to fight back the lump, so many memories making me all misty eyed, the nostalgia in the air so thick you could cut it with a knife.

I was aboard Midway 79 to 82, I started out a boot recruit in Catapults but struck out of there within six months and moved up to the bridge into Navigation department as a Quartermaster. I have many fond memories as well as a few I try not to remember. It was a time of growing up for me, I turned 17 my first month on the Midway, my mom had lied about my age when she sent me to the recruiter, they never did figure it out.

I get all choked up when I think back to those days, we were really young and really green, our whole lives still ahead of us, and no clue where the future would take us. I still have that nagging feeling I left something back aboard the old ship, often I think I need to go back and get it, I need to search each and every compartment I was ever in, I need to find what I lost, the things I left behind, only it's not something you can hold in your hand that I left back there, no it was time and memories, friendships and dreams, things easily lost but impossible to find and take back.

The years have been very good to me since "back in the day" I left the navy after 8 years of service and went on to become a commercial diver, I retired last year after 20 years of diving and logging over 17000 dives. I believe it was my time in the service that prepared me for the life I lived, the discipline and attention to detail saved my life many times.

I'd love to hear from anyone, especially anyone from "back in the day" aboard Midway.

Sunday 04/15/2007 9:23:48pm

Name:

Jon A. Witmer, USNRET

E-Mail:

jwitmer59@comcast.net

Location:

Comments:

Stationed in Midway for westpac cruise 1961, with VA-25. Left the ship at Kobi for A school, NAS Memphis.

Saturday 04/14/2007 2:52:43pm

Name:

Melody Schell

E-Mail:

melody28792@yahoo.com

Location:

North Carolina

Comments:

My father, Henry Ford Spears, was on the USS Midway in 1952. He passed away in the 80's at an early age. I am hoping to connect with anyone that knew him or was on the ship at the same time. He had true white blonde hair with beautiful blue eyes about 5 ft 11 inches around 150 lbs. A real looker! (of course I would think so...)

I would be so pleased if anyone that can be of help would contact me.

Thanks so very much... Melody

Friday 04/13/2007 9:06:24pm

Name:

David Wayne Searcy

E-Mail:

sk1searcy@yahoo.com

Location:

Comments:

The Midway was my first ship. I was in S-1 Division from Aug 77 to Aug 79. I am currently in San Diego for about another week and I believe I will visit the Midway tomorrow. I enjoy the memory and the crew when I was aboard the ship. It will always be a great memory.

Friday 04/13/2007 6:02:23pm

Name:

Don Roland

E-Mail:

rolanddr@windstream.net

Location:

Indian Trail, NC

Comments:

I served aboard the USS Midway during the Vietnam tour in 1965 I was an IC Electrician 1st Class.

Wednesday 04/11/2007 5:04:15pm

Name:

Joseph M. Stocksdale

E-Mail:

stocks9580@yahoo.com

Location:

Comments:

Midway airdale sailor during the early 1980's VF-161 Rock Rivers". It was some of the best fun I had and now just a smile that my wife and little girl just don't understand, GO MIDWAY MAGIC.

Wednesday 04/11/2007 4:23:51pm

Name:

Brett Roth

E-Mail:

eyeliketotat@yahoo.com

Location:

Keizer, Oregon

Comments:

I served on the USS Midway from 1982-1985 S-2 Division. Just checking to see if any of my old Bro's are around.

Wednesday 04/11/2007 11:13:35am

Name:

Frank Deanda

E-Mail:

fsdeanda@tx.rr.com

Location:

Dallas Texas

Comments:

Served aboard the Midway from Aug 1987 to Jan 1991. I got my sea legs the first two years aboard the Midway working in Weapons Department, G4 Div Weapons Elevators, as an undesignated seaman. I then struck out and got designated as an ADAN and went to “A” school in 1989 in TN. I returned to the Midway and was assigned to AIMD ships company till Jan 1991. I made a lot of friends in both departments and often wonder about them. It would be nice to hear from anyone that I served with in either department or from anyone that was onboard during my time on the Midway that might remember me.

Monday 04/09/2007 4:34:53pm

Name:

Jeff Janeway

E-Mail:

jblazer1@comcast.net

Location:

Salem, OR

Comments:

I served with VA-185 on board USS Midway from 1987-1990.

Friday 04/06/2007 1:40:42pm

Name:

John R. Hampton AS-1 (AC-AW) USN Ret.

E-Mail:

oldsalt91@aol.com

Location:

Comments:

Nice to see pictures of the old Midway and some of the A-7s I use to work on when I was an AMS-3 in VA-93. I hope to get to see her some time in the future. I know it will bring back a lot of memories.

Tuesday 04/03/2007 8:06:13pm

Name:

Dave Barak

E-Mail:

dabarak@yahoo.com

Location:

San Diego, CA

Comments:

Midway museum docent. A Navy and carrier vet, but not from the Midway.

Sunday 04/01/2007 11:31:36am

Name:

Jay Davis

E-Mail:

jay_z1996@hotmail.com

Location:

Zeeland, MI

Comments:

Hello, my name is Jay Davis. I am looking for any info on my uncle, Joe DeNeve. All I really know is that he was on the USS Midway in the 1940's, I think. If anyone knows this name, can you help me find some info for my uncle, his health is not so good these days. Thank You.